StarCraft: Ghost shelved

Xbox News | Blizzard to "evaluate opportunities" on next generation of consoles.

After its controversial unveiling at the 2002 Tokyo Game Show, StarCraft: Ghost has been in "development hell" so to speak, having been passed from Nihilistic to Swingin' Ape studios, essentially restarted from scratch when it was almost ready to be released, and having the GameCube version scrapped. Now, the tumultuous process continues, as Blizzard has issued a statement this morning announcing its intentions to "evaluate next evaluating opportunities for utilizing the additional power of the new and upcoming console systems", effectively putting Ghost in a state of indefinite postponement.

"Like many in the industry, we've been impressed with the potential of the new consoles, and we're looking forward to exploring that potential further," stated Mike Morhaime, president and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment. "In addition to allowing us to determine the best course for StarCraft: Ghost, this review period will help us lay the groundwork for our future console games."

Blizzard's statement goes on to say that it will be using the next few months to evaluate the power of the new consoles to "determine the best plan of action for offering a StarCraft console-gaming experience that meets the company's expectations and those of its players."

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14 Comments

838 La

6 years ago

Scrap this & bring on SC2
or even better yet. Galaxy of StarCarft

Matt Bassos

6 years ago

NEWS UPDATE: Duke Nukem Forever Fever spreads!

ZNMS

6 years ago

The game had it coming.

Matt

6 years ago

Beepos wrote

NEWS UPDATE: Duke Nukem Forever Fever spreads!

In the interests of fairness, StarCraft Ghost was only a) announced 2.5 years ago, b) the media have been given regular updates on it and c) people outside Blizzard have played it.

Duke Nukem Forever it is not.

Rush152

6 years ago

news of this game only gets more boring and boring.. geez..

what the hell is there to evaluate on the next gen consoles? SC:Ghost with better graphics? come on..... altho if it comes out on the Nintendo Revolution..

Matt Bassos

6 years ago

Hyperbole...

Frozencry

6 years ago

*sigh* I want to cry.

838 La, We don't need a starcraft 2, because starcraft is basically perfection

I mean hell, I still play online.

838 La

6 years ago

^ Haha, yeah so does my friends. It would rock if they did MMO on starcraft though.

The Brett

6 years ago

Doesn't bother me too much. Because this game is meant to be so far removed from the style of the original, this was going to go down as one of those games I would not even think twice about until it had proven itself upon being released, much like Command and Conquer: Renegade, which was terrible.

döppelgangbang

6 years ago

I mourned for this already when the GC version was scrapped. Swinging Ape is a fine studio, and the prospect of it arriving on a future console that I may own is more hopeful than not. I'll take it as or if it comes.

k1dcharm

6 years ago

I would rather Blizzard release Star Craft 2 and not Star Craft Ghost

ObsoletE

6 years ago

Matt wrote

Beepos wrote

NEWS UPDATE: Duke Nukem Forever Fever spreads!

surely it was announced longer ago than that?
i've got an advert at home advertising it for "Next Gen Consoles" referring to PS2, Gamecube and Dreamcast iirc (i don't recall the XBox being on the ad anyway).

hell, even the here article disputes the "2.5 years" call, "unveiled at the 2002 TGS"

realitybites

6 years ago

"Indefinite postponement" sounds like a death knell.

Shame I had some hopes this would be an interesting game. Hopefully it will appear next gen and be in better shape.

ObsoletE

6 years ago

i hope it does come out still, but imo, it should be on this gen, not next, because no matter how much they tweak it now, it'll still be a port, and it'll probably be obvious.

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